
          the silent fear remains. 
It is conceded that you 
can out-bid us & that is 
supposed to give you a 
very large advantage. 
I hear of no selection 
of chemist yet, though
I have no means of 
hearing except through you 
or perhaps Greely. He 
knows every thing & as he 
has not announced the 
choice I infer it probably 
has not yet been 
publicly made. I know
but little of the men you
name. I have heard 
Schaeffer's name more frequently 
than either of the 
others.

Holton made us a
        